"Click Language" and the San Bushmen People
Tags: QuarksAreStrange Human Language Bushmen San Kalahari Tribe Hunting Survival Click Khoisan Migration Africa PBS National
Length: 4:53
Description: Original video description:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journey_of_Man:_A_Genetic_Odyssey
About Spencer Wells, the author:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Wells
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/emerging/spencerWells.html
The Bushmen, San, Basarwa or Khwe are indigenous people of the Kalahari Desert. They were traditionally hunter-gatherers, part of the Khoisan group, and are related to the traditionally pastoral Khoikhoi.
Their "click" language is Khoisan. Total population: 82 000 (mainly in Botswana and Namibia).
San Bushmen:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen
Khoisan languages:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan_languages
This is a footage from the important documentary "The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey" (2003) by PBS http://www.pbs.com and National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com .
I have another video of this documentary: RACISM is scientifically wrong: we're all African under the skin.
Author: QuarksAreStrange
Source: YouTube
